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After Birth by Elisa Albert Reviewed by Katie Presley My favorite book of the year arrived in the form of Elisa Albert’s vital new novel After Birth. Vital here means two things: One, it’s crucial: A grimly hilarious, wrenching narrative about pregnancy, birth, and child-rearing that will feel to new parents as necessary and welcome … Continue reading AFTER BIRTH: A New Narrative of Parenthood
We're thrilled to announce that Judy Blume, bestselling author of twenty-eight books including Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret, and Summer Sisters, is bringing her new novel for adults, In the Unlikely Event, to BookPeople on Saturday, June 13 at 4pm. Blume is an iconic author, one of our all time favorites, and we … Continue reading Judy Blume Comes to BookPeople in June!
NEW BOOKS! 2/10/15 HARDCOVER FICTION While The Gods Were Sleeping by Erwin Mortier This is a story not about spectacular events; rather, Mortier is concerned with writing about war, history and the past with great empathy and engagement, and with a mixture of melancholy, qualification and resignation. A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne … Continue reading New Books! 2/10/15
Samantha Bee's inexplicable neuroses, social misfires, and weird fears could fill a book, so they did. I Know I Am, But What Are You? is an unflinchingly candid cross-section of a Canadian coming-of-age crisscrossed with disturbingly affectionate fetishes for religious iconography, teenage crime sprees, and unlicensed Sailor Moon memorabilia. Destined to be either a comedian … Continue reading I Know I Am, But What Are You?: The Stand Up Sit Down Book Club Asks The Important Questions
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we are oh-so-happy to announce that we are giving away a pair of tickets to see the one, the only, Mr. John Waters on Monday, February 16th at Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater. John Waters Mon, Feb 16th, 2015 ACL at the Moody Theater Tickets Available … Continue reading John Waters Ticket Giveaway
HARDCOVER FICTION City of Savages by Lee Kelly After the Red Allies turn New York City into a POW camp, two sisters must decipher the past in order to protect the future in this action-packed thriller with a dual narrative. Hungry for the truth, the sisters set a series of events in motion that … Continue reading New Books! 2/03/15
This Valentine's Day, show your sweetie (or yourself) that you really care with the most romantic gift of all - a surprise book! We want to set you or your valentine up on a Blind Date with a Book. Answer a few short questions about your sweetie's reading desires and we'll personally select a book … Continue reading Make A Blind Date with a Book!
The lights flicker and dim before failing, leaving the Nightmare Factory Book Club shivering in the dark. That's not how it happened, of course. The lights were never on, or was it that they were always off? Were we indoors, or did the trees just make it seem that way? Did it happen in the … Continue reading An Unforgiving Story of Gnosticism and Loneliness: The Nightmare Factory Reads The Course of the Heart
This weekend President Obama appeared on CNN and was asked for a book recommendation. His pick? Redeployment, the National Book Award-winning collection of stories about Iraq by US Marine Corps vet Phil Klay. Thanks to Shelf Awareness for extracting this quote: "Over vacation, I read a book of short stories by Phil Klay called Redeployment. It's a quick … Continue reading President Obama Recommends REDEPLOYMENT
~post by Emily Two of our booksellers have written a brand new book that will be on our shelves next week. Vegan Survival Guide to Austin is the first of its kind - a guide to the many vegan friendly restaurants and food trucks here in town, as well as a look at the history of … Continue reading BookPeople Q&A with Vegan Survival Guide to Austin
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